At a time fees are increasing in many schools across the country, Oyo State Governor, SEyi Makinde, has slashed fees at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso.
This happened about the same time students of the Kaduna State University protested the increase of their fees in multiple folds.
Makinde announced the reduction on Tuesday, during a visit to LAUTECH.
Giving details of the development, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa, said in a statement: “I am glad to be back among you. After the 2019 election, I should have returned to say thank you to you but I didn’t want to come until I fulfill what I promised you, which is the sole ownership of LAUTECH by Oyo State.
“I am still coming back to spend the night here and we will really celebrate then but I can leave you with a parting gift for today. Let me tell you, the LAUTECH fee is still the lowest in the entire South-West. Having said that, I will reduce your fee across board; whether indigenes or non-indigenes, even new students. There will be a reduction of 25 per cent across board.”
The governor Inaugurated a High Dependency Unit of the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital and said that his administration would construct a befitting flyover in Ogbomoso.
He also reassured the re-engaged 170 staff of the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital who were relieved of their employment by the previous administration that the current government will pay their five months salary arrears.
